Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Actor Who Can Ride

Think the title was "Bite the Bullet"??????  Anyone help me......the final
scene of the two horses racing to the finish line was great!
            Bite the Bullet - Gene Hackman, Candace Bergen, James Coburn,
with Ben Johnson as an old-timer who just wants to be remembered as having
done something,  and Jan-Michael Vincent as a smart-aleck youngster who rode
his horse to death.   There was also a chestnut Arabian horse--who didn't
win but made a good showing.    It's a very good movie--showing what happens
when you don't care about your horse, and showing that bad things can happen
even when you do care about your horse, and showing guys caring about their
horses and winning.  Those two horses didn't exactly "race" to the finish
line 'cuz everybody, man and horse alike, was totally pooped--but it was
still a good finish.   Candace Bergen also does a good job of showing that
women could ride, too.   Gene Hackman will touch your heart as a guy who
really cares about horses in general.   This movie is available currently at
a reasonable price from most Wal-Mart stores.

Claudia
Texas




  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Linda B. Merims
  To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:38 AM
  Subject: [RC] Actor Who Can Ride


  I was watching the 1-hour promo for "The Two Towers"
  last night.  Viggo Mortenstern (or whatever his
  name is) who plays Aragorn rides quite well, and
  even seems to *like* riding and horses.  The cast
  was saying he'd ride on his days off to get to
  know his horse.  Deep seat, almost an old-fashioned
  "chair" position.  Very still.

  So what?

  Well, not much, really.  But he is going to be
  the star of Disney's _Hidalgo_ movie about
  Frank Hopkins, the turn-of-the-century
  endurance rider.

  It's snowing again...sigh

  Linda B. Merims
  lbm@xxxxxxxxx
  Massachusetts, USA






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